Saturday, June 22, 2013

The Soul of Political Islam.




The chap with the Hitler mustache is Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian. Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Author of "In the Shade of the Koran," inspiration to Al Qaeda. Like Muslim Bro Mohammad Morsi, Qutb was educated in America. In second photo he is shown with Colorado State, now University of Northern Colorado, president Dr. William Ross. Qutb's stay in America from 1948-1950 did not liberalize his thinking. Wikipedia summarizes Qutb's views in "The America I Have Seen," written after he returned to Egypt:

"He was critical of many things he had observed in the United States: its materialism, individual freedoms, economic system, racism, brutal boxing matches, 'poor' haircuts, superficiality in conversations and friendships, restrictions on divorce, enthusiasm for sports, lack of lack of artistic feeling, 'animal-like' mixing of the sexes (which 'went on even in churches'),  and strong support for the new Israeli state."

Otherwise he liked America.

On American women Qutb wrote:

"[T]he American girl is well acquainted with her body's seductive capacity. She knows it lies in the face, and in expressive eyes, and thirsty lips. She knows seductiveness lies in the round breasts, the full buttocks, and in the shapely thighs, sleek legs—and she shows all this and does not hide it."

On the arts (and race) in America: 

"The American is primitive in his artistic taste, both in what he enjoys as art and in his own artistic works. 'Jazz' music is his music of choice. This is that music that the Negroes invented to satisfy their primitive inclinations, as well as their desire to be noisy on the one hand and to excite bestial tendencies on the other. The American’s intoxication in 'jazz' music does not reach its full completion until the music is accompanied by singing that is just as coarse and obnoxious as the music itself. Meanwhile, the noise of the instruments and the voices mounts, and it rings in the ears to an unbearable degree… The agitation of the multitude increases, and the voices of approval mount, and their palms ring out in vehement, continuous applause that all but deafens the ears."

We have written on Qutb previously here. This wanderer read the shady "Shade" in 2003. Writing the instant post has been refresher on the subjects Egypt, Political Islam, student exchange and Hitler mustaches.